Sam Hobson / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), adult female perched on scaffolding. Bristol, UK. December.

Claudio Contreras / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with fish catch, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Campbell / Laurie Campbell photographing Bottlenosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from scaffold tower for Wild Wonders of Europe project, Moray Firth, Nr Inverness, Scotland, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Campbell / Laurie Campbell photographing Bottlenosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from scaffold tower for Wild Wonders of Europe project, Moray Firth, Nr Inverness, Scotland, May 2009

Nick Upton / Noble false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) female, close to its retreat between two roof beams in a garden shed, near Wells, Somerset, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Noble false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) female, Britain's most poisonous spider which probably reached the UK in cargo ships from the Canary islands, hanging in her web in a garden wood shed,...

Nick Upton / Noble false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) female, Britain's most poisonous spider which probably reached the UK in cargo ships from the Canary islands, hanging in her web in a garden wood shed,...

Nick Upton / Noble false widow spidow (Steatoda nobilis) female, Britain's most poisonous spider which probably reached the UK in cargo ships from the Canary islands, hanging in it web in a garden wood shed at...

Nick Upton / Noble false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) female, Britain's most poisonous spider which probably reached the UK in cargo ships from the Canary islands, hanging in her web in a garden wood shed,...

Nick Upton / Noble false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) female, Britain's most poisonous spider which probably reached the UK in cargo ships from the Canary islands, hanging in her web in a garden wood shed,...

Ashley Cooper / Blackfriars Bridge across the River Thames in London, UK, is the world's largest solar bridge. Its parapet contains over 4400 solar photo voltaic panels, generating 50% of the stations electricity nee...

Ashley Cooper / Blackfriars Bridge across the River Thames in London, UK, is the world's largest solar bridge. Its parapet contains over 4400 solar photo voltaic panels, generating 50% of the stations electricity nee...

Ashley Cooper / New flood defences in Cockermouth, Cumbria, UK. Built after the disastrous 2009 floods that inundated large parts of the town. They were completely overtopped by the floods from Storm Desmond December...

Stephen Dalton / False black widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) the most poisonous spider found in Britain - imported into the country, probably from Canary Isles, Sussex, UK

Stephen Dalton / False black widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) the most poisonous spider found in Britain - imported into the country, probably from Canary Isles, Sussex, UK

Adrian Davies / False black widow spider (Steotoda nobilis) Sussex, England, UK, November.

Adrian Davies / False black widow spider (Steotoda nobilis) Sussex, England, UK, November.

Adrian Davies / False black widow spider (Steotoda nobilis) Sussex, England, UK, November.

Gary K. Smith / Thatcher re-roofing with wheat grass thatch, Wiltshire, UK, October 2014.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Spider (Nesticus cellulanus) in Cave, Goesdorf, Luxembourg, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Sam Hobson / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), adult in flight in front of building and scaffolding. Bristol, UK. May.

Sam Hobson / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), adult male perched on top of scaffold pole. Bristol, UK. January.

Sam Hobson / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), adult male perched on scaffolding. Bristol, UK. March.

Laurent Geslin / Urban Red fox in scaffold yard {Vulpes vulpes} London, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web spider, (Archaearanea lunata) an uncommon Theridid spider, England, UK, April

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web spider, (Archaearanea lunata) an uncommon Theridid spider, England, UK, April

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web spider (Archaearanea lunata) on leaf, England, UK, June

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web spider (Archaearanea lunata) on leaf, England, UK, June

Benoit Stichelbaut / Man on scaffolding repairing a boat at Le Guilvinec, Finistere, Brittany, France 1999.

Pete Oxford / Photgrapher Pete Oxford photographing Macaws from a scaffolding tower. Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which divides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. Brazil, Sout...

Chadden Hunter / Film crew hanging on ropes inside a moulin, ice chute that drains meltwater through glacier, using ropes, scaffold poles and bicycle wheels to secure cameras, for the Mountains Episode of the BBC tv s...

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web / Comb footed spider (Enoplagnatha ovata) with damselfly prey, UK, Theridae

Stephen Dalton / Egg sac of Scaffold spider (Theridion pallens) UK. Therididae

Stephen Dalton / Typical web of the Scaffold spider (Steotoda nobilis) UK, Theridiidea

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web spider (Theridion sp) on web, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web spider (Steotoda bipunctata) on rusty wire, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web spider (Steotoda nobilis) on web against a wall, Sussex, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web spider (Steotoda nobilis) retreating into burrow, UK

Stephen Dalton / Egg sac of Scaffold web spider (Theridion pallens) attached to underside of leaf, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web spider (Theridion sp) on web, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web spider (Steotoda nobilis) and Damselfly (Enoplagmatha ovata) prey, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web spider (Steotoda nobilis) building web against a wall, Sussex, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold spider (Steotoda nobilis) on web on walls of Chichester cathedral, Sussex, UK, Theridiidae

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web of a cobweb spider {Theridiidae} UK

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web of a cobweb spider {Theridiidae} UK

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web of spider {Theridiidae}, UK

Stephen Dalton / Scaffold web spider (Steotoda phalerata) male mimicing an ant, UK, Theridiidae

Sue Flood / Scaffold tower for filming Beluga whales Someset Island Canadian arctic

Ashley Cooper / House under construction on hillside surrounded by Laurel (Laurus nobilis) forest, Arco de Sao Jorge, Madeira. March, 2023.

Klaus Nigge / Ladder to hide high in tree overlooking nest of Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jeffreyi), Mount Kitanglad Range, Mindanao, Philippines, May 2007.

Klaus Nigge / Photographer Klaus Nigge using ladders around tree trunk to access hide overlooking nest of Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), Mount Kitanglad Range, Mindanao, Philippines, May 2007.

Ashley Cooper / Tree surgeons removing a Monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) blown onto a house by Storm Arwen, an extremely powerful storm that created huge damage and loss of life, Ambleside, Lake District, Cum...

Rod Williams / Female False Black Widow Spider (Steatoda nobilis) Beverley Court Gardens,Lewisham, London, England, UK. April 2015